Burgundy
(Reguidit frae Bourgogne)
Burgundy Bourgogne | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Dijon |
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| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | François Patriat (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31582 km2 (12,194 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-01-01) | |
| • Total | 1,631,000 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP (2006)[1] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
| Tot | €40 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
| Per capita | €24,800 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}}) |
| NUTS Region | FR2 |
| Website | cr-bourgogne.fr |
Burgundy (French: Bourgogne, IPA: [buʁɡɔɲ] (
listen)) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce.
The name comes frae the Burgundians, an auncient Germanic fowk who settled in the aurie in early Middle-age. The region o Burgundy is baith larger than the auld Duchy o Burgundy an smawer than the aurie ruled bi the Dukes o Burgundy, frae the modren Netherlands tae the border o Auvergne. It is made up o the follaein auld provinces:
- Burgundy: Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, an soothren hauf o Yonne. This corresponds tae the auld duchy o Burgundy (later cried province o Burgundy). Housomeivver, the auld coonty o Burgundy (later cried province o Franche-Comté) is no includit inside the Burgundy region, but it maks up the Franche-Comté region. An aw, a sma pairt o the duchy o Burgundy (province o Burgundy) is nou inside the Champagne-Ardenne region.
- Nivernais: nou the Nièvre depairtment
- the northren hauf o Yonne is a territory that wis no pairt o Burgundy (at least no syne the 11t century), an wis a frontier atween Champagne, Île-de-France, an Orléanais, dependin frae each o these provinces at different times in history.
The climate o this region is essentially oceanic (Cfb in Köppen classification), wi a continental influence (sometimes cried a "hauf-continental climate").
Major communities
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London" (PDF). Eurostat.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Burgundy (region)
- Burgundy wine
- Burgundy, What a Story! by Bernard Lecomte and Jean-Louis Thouart (Ed. de Bourogne, 2004) ISBN 978-2902650026
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in French) Regional Cooncil wabsteid Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Short guide tae Burgundy wi main tourist attractions
